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{{Infobox film award
| name = Raghupati Venkaiah Naidu Award
| image =
| image_size =
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| caption =
| subheader = Award for contributions to [[Telugu Cinema]]
| awarded_for = Lifetime Achievement
| sponsor = [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| firstawarded = 1981<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bharatjanani.com/raghupati-venkaiah-naidu-the-man-who-started-it-all/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817010619/http://bharatjanani.com/raghupati-venkaiah-naidu-the-man-who-started-it-all/ |archive-date=2013-08-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| lastawarded =
| reward = {{INRConvert|50|k}}
| former name =
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder =
| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 38
| award2_type = First winner
| award2_winner = [[L. V. Prasad]]
| award3_type = Recent winner
| award3_winner = [[Chiranjeevi]]
| website =
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}}
The '''Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu Award''' is an award issued by the Indian state government of [[Andhra Pradesh]], to recognise lifetime achievements in [[Telugu cinema]]. The award was introduced in 1981 in honour of [[Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu]], a pioneer of the [[Indian film]] industry. The winner is presented a Golden [[Nandi (mythology)|Nandi]] (named after a bull in Hindu mythology), a gold medal, a citation and a cash prize of {{INRConvert|50|k}} at the [[Nandi Awards]] functions.

==Recipients==
[[File:Chiranjeevi welcome01 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Chiranjeevi]] is the most recent recipient (2016)]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ List of award recipients
! scope="col" width=20px|Year
! scope="col" width=240px|Recipient
! scope="col" width=240px|Field of work
! scope="col" width=20px|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 1980
! [[L. V. Prasad]]
| Director, producer
|
|-
| 1981
! [[P. Pullaiah]]
| Director, producer
|
|-
| 1982
! [[B. A. Subba Rao]]
| Director, producer, writer
|
|-
| 1983
! M. A. Rahman
| Cinematographer
|
|-
| 1984
! [[Kosaraju Raghavaiah Choudary]]
| Lyricist, poet, actor
|
|-
| 1985
! [[Bhanumathi Ramakrishna|Bhanumathi]]
| Actor, producer, singer, music director, director, writer
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1986
! scope=rowspan="2" | [[Bapu (director)|Bapu]]
| Director
|
|-
! [[Mullapudi Venkata Ramana]]
| Writer
|
|-
| 1987
! [[B. Nagi Reddy]]
| Producer
|
|-
| 1988
! [[D. V. S. Raju]]
| Producer
|
|-
| 1989
! [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]]
| Actor
|
|-
| 1990
! [[Dasari Narayana Rao]]
| Director, producer, actor
|
|-
| 1991
! [[K. Viswanath]]
| Director
|
|-
| 1992
! [[S. Rajeswara Rao]]
| Composer
|
|-
| 1993
! [[D. Madhusudhana Rao]]
| Producer
|
|-
| 1994
! [[Anjali Devi]]
| Actress
|
|-
| 1995
! [[K. S. Prakash Rao]]
| Actor, cinematographer, director, producer
|
|-
| 1996
! [[Inturi Venkateswara Rao]]
| Film journalist
|
|-
| 1997
! [[V. Madhusudhan Rao]]
| Director, producer, screenwriter
|
|-
| 1998
! [[Gummadi (actor)|Gummadi]]
| Actor
|
|-
| 1999
! [[P. Shanthakumari]]
| Actress, producer
|
|-
| 2000
! [[Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao]]
| Actor, producer
| <ref>Sanmanalu - Awardulu in Anaganaga Oka Raakumarudu (Autobiography), Creative Links, Hyderabad, 2007, pp. 205.</ref>
|-
| 2001
! [[Allu Ramalingaiah]]
| Actor
| <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/04/02/stories/2003040208660500.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524152017/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/04/02/stories/2003040208660500.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2007-05-24 | title=Nandi Awards Presented | date=2003-04-02 |accessdate =2007-04-16 | work=[[The Hindu]] |location =Chennai, India }}</ref>
|-
| 2002
! [[P. Susheela]]
| Playback singer
| <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/15/stories/2004021509250300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040530013036/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/15/stories/2004021509250300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2004-05-30 | title=Nandi awards presentation on 18 February | date=2002-02-15 |accessdate =2007-04-16 | work=[[The Hindu]] |location =Chennai, India }}</ref>
|-
| 2003
! [[V. B. Rajendra Prasad]]
| Producer
|
|-
| 2004
! [[Krishnaveni (actress)|Krishnaveni]]
| Actress, producer
| <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/23/stories/2005102309570100.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524150217/http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/23/stories/2005102309570100.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2007-05-24 | title=Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for Krishnaveni | date=2005-10-23 |accessdate =2007-04-16 | work=[[The Hindu]] |location =Chennai, India }}</ref>
|-
| 2005
! [[M. S. Reddy]]
| Director, producer, writer
| <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/18/stories/2007021804760600.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524150044/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/18/stories/2007021804760600.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2007-05-24 | title=Raghupathi Venkaiah award for M.S. Reddy | date=2007-02-18 |accessdate =2007-04-16 | work=[[The Hindu]] |location =Chennai, India }}</ref>
|-
| 2006
! [[D. Ramanaidu]]
| Producer, actor
| <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/01/stories/2008040154560400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502092254/http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/01/stories/2008040154560400.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2008-05-02 | title=Raghupathi Venkaiah award for D Ramanaidu | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=2008-04-01}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
! [[Tammareddy Krishna Murthy]]
| Producer
| <ref>[http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/44994.html Raghupathi Venkaiah award 2007 to Tammareddy Krishna Murthy]</ref>
|-
| 2008
! [[Vijaya Nirmala]]
| Actress, director, producer
| <ref>[http://www.tamilwire.com/forum/showthread.php?p=104058 Ragupathi Venkaiah Award to Vijaya Nirmala]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| 2009
! K. Raghava
| Producer
|
|-
| 2010
! [[M. Balaiah]]
| Director, producer
|
|-
| 2011
! [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]]
| Actor, director, producer
|
|-
| 2012
! [[Kodi Ramakrishna]]
| Director
|
|-
| 2013
! [[Vanisri]]
| Actress
| <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/spb-hema-malini-bag-ntr-awards/article17821614.ece|title = S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Hema Malini bag NTR awards|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 5 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
! [[Krishnam Raju]]
| Actor
|
|-
| 2015
! Eswar
| Writer, publicity designer
|
|-
| 2016
! [[Chiranjeevi]]
| Actor, producer
|
|}

==See also==
* [[Dadasaheb Phalke]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Raghupathi Venkaiah Award Recipients|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Nandi Awards]]
[[Category:Lifetime achievement awards]]
[[Category:1981 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]

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